Save generated GIF to camera roll?

Question

Thanks for reading. I\'ve created a GIF using methods from this question:

Create and and export an animated gif via iOS?

I\'m trying to use the only method that

Answer 1

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Solution 01 : Only saving the existing GIF file to Camera Roll

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As I understand your problem. You are able to generate a GIF file but cannot save and also view it to the Camera Roll.

So I am attaching a sample test using existing GIF File.

Step 01. I copied a gif IMG_0009.GIF file in my Application Document directory.

Step 02 Than I use the below code to load this files NSData:

NSURL *documentsDirectoryURL = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:YES error:nil];
NSURL *fileURL = [documentsDirectoryURL URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"IMG_0009.gif"];

NSData *gifData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:[fileURL path]];

Step 03: Now I save the file in the Media Directory:

ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[library writeImageDataToSavedPhotosAlbum:gifData metadata:nil completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error) {

    NSLog(@"Success at %@", [assetURL path] );
}];

The Asset URL is proper. Now you can check you media directory. you can locate the saved gif image.

Have Fun :)

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Solution 02: Demo of Creating and saving GIF to Camera roll

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I cloned some solution to show creating and saving of GIF files to Camera Roll. You can download and check my fork at github:

The demo creates a GIF file by taking 2 or more images and save in the Camera Roll Directory

https://github.com/bllakjakk/Giraffe

The main Code to focus is like below:

[export encodeToFile:tempFile callback:^(NSString * aFile) {

    NSLog(@"Path: %@", aFile);

    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];

    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[[NSURL alloc]initFileURLWithPath:aFile]];

    [library writeImageDataToSavedPhotosAlbum:data metadata:nil completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error) {

        NSLog(@"Success at %@", [assetURL path] );
    }];

}];

It uses the library as I mentioned in my solution before http://jitsik.com/wordpress/?p=208

How to verify:

Step 01: Run the demo project.

Step 02: As directed by the application add 2 images and click Export.

Step 03: Now check the camera roll you will find the created gif.

Previous:

GIF is a proprietary format, so you would need a 3rd party lib to save it.

check following link: http://jitsik.com/wordpress/?p=208